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The Secret Door

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A mystery game! Valuables have been stolen, and we have to find them before Midnight. Together we search through the Mansion for clues. At Midnight, the Thieves may slip away with all the hidden booty!

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Content Area: 
Special Education
Play Time: 
10 min.
The Secret Door

Whoowas'it?

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In Whoowasit?, players must find the magical ring that was stolen from the wise king by the evil wizard. Playing against a running clock, players move their playing pieces through the various rooms on the game board to uncover clues to who stole the precious gem.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Special Education
Science
Play Time: 
30 min.
Whoowas'it?

The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection

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Universally acclaimed as the maestro of horror and the morbid, Edgar Allan Poe's dark gift has for more than a century and a half set the standard for the genre. Now, Caedmon Audio presents a classic collection of Poe's most terrifying tales performed by two of the most brilliant interpreters of his work, Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone. Between them, they perform 20 of Poe's chilling stories and poems, creating an unforgettably intense listening experience.

Performed by Vincent Price:

Room One: A Mystery or Two (Unabridged)

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Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of his fifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school in the little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there are going to be only five students? Out here on the Great Plains, in western Nebraska, everyone understands that if you lose the school, you lose the town.

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Lexile: 
840L
Length: 
02:54
Room One: A Mystery or Two (Unabridged)

Things Hoped for (Unabridged)

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When Gwen's grandfather disappears from their home in New York City, he leaves a message saying not to worry, but that's hard when Gwen has upcoming violin auditions at Julliard! But then she meets Robert, a fellow musician, and things seem to look up.

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Lexile: 
770L
Length: 
04:42
Things Hoped for (Unabridged)

Flush (Unabridged)

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You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor, which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right.

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Lexile: 
830L
Length: 
10:45
Flush (Unabridged)

Hoot (Unabridged)

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Roy Eberhardt has recently, and unhappily, arrived in Florida. "Disney World is an armpit," he states flatly, "compared to Montana."

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760L
Length: 
06:25
Hoot (Unabridged)

The Thief Lord (Unabridged)

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Welcome to the magical underworld of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets...

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Lexile: 
640L
Length: 
08:31
The Thief Lord (Unabridged)

Angels and Demons (Unabridged)

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World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization, the Illuminati.

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18:30
Angels and Demons (Unabridged)

The City of Ember (Unabridged)

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The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she's sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must decipher the message before the lights go out on Ember forever!

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Lexile: 
680L
Length: 
06:51
The City of Ember (Unabridged)

Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors: Children of the Red King, Book 4 (Unabridged)

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Back in Bloor's Academy, Charlie's power takes on a new dimension. He meets a new gallery of characters, including Mr. Pilgrim's replacement, Tantalus Ebony, and the mysterious new student Joshua Tilpin, who appears to be magnetic. But not all is well.

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Lexile: 
770L
Length: 
07:11
Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors: Children of the Red King, Book 4 (Unabridged)

Midnight for Charlie Bone (Unabridged)

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Charlie doesn't want to believe it when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking. But his horrible aunts are delighted: it means that he is one of the chosen and must attend Bloor's Academy for gifted children.

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Lexile: 
630L
Length: 
07:10
Midnight for Charlie Bone (Unabridged)

The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1 (Unabridged)

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Nathaniel is eleven-years-old and a magician's apprentice, learning the traditional art of magic. All is well until he has a life-changing encounter with Simon Lovelace, a magician of unrivaled ruthlessness and ambition. When Lovelace brutally humiliates Nathaniel in public, Nathaniel decides to speed up his education, teaching himself spells far beyond his years.

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Lexile: 
800L
Length: 
13:30
The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1 (Unabridged)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Unabridged)

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Fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone has Asperger's Syndrome, a condition similar to autism. He doesn't like to be touched or meet new people, he cannot make small talk, and he hates the colors brown and yellow. He is a math whiz with a very logical brain who loves solving puzzles that have definite answers.

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Lexile: 
1180L
Length: 
06:03
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Unabridged)

A to Z Mysteries: The Absent Author (Unabridged)

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A is for author...

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Lexile: 
510L
Length: 
00:55
A to Z Mysteries: The Absent Author (Unabridged)

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